RECREATION OPPORTUNITY SPECTRUM

The Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) is a widely used planning and management framework for classifying recreation environments (existing and desired).

For the Paria Canyon˜–˜Vermilion Cli° s Wilderness, Social Recreation Settings in the Coyote Buttes Area

the following social setting has been prescribed: Wire Pass KANAB !E FORMER Trailhead FIELD GRAND STAIRCASE OFFICE Social Setting˜–˜Visitor Use & Users: ESCALANTE NATIONAL Paria Canyon MONUMENT ÓÐ700Ó Coyote Buttes North designated to manage between Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Primitive and Semi-Primitive Non-Motorized. Arizona Trail Trailhead and UTAH !9!E Stateline Campground ARIZONA ˜ Group Size: [H The Wave ÓÐ106Ó5  Primitive: Fewer than or equal to 3 people per The Maze !O VERMILION CLIFFS group. Rock Art !E The Maze Trailhead Rock Art Site NATIONAL MONUMENT  ARIZONA Semi-Primitive Non-Motorized: 4˜–˜6 people per STRIP FIELD 48 group OFFICE 01 ˜ Contacts (with other groups):

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801  Cottonwood Primitive: Fewer than 3 encounters per day at !E Cove campsites and fewer than 6 encounters per day Trailhead on travel routes. 1323 Paria Canyon 1323 1082

Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness  Semi-Primitive Non-Motorized: 3˜–˜6 encounters 98 11

per day o° travel routes (e.g. campsites) and 7˜–˜15 ÓÐ10 6Ó5

encounters/day on travel routes. 1189 Paw Hole 1079 Trailhead !E

— Lone Seven Group Encounters (8 Total Permits) would 1 0 8 1079 2 0 Tree 1 3 1 079 1 Trailhead !E 483

range from 8 to 48 individuals per day, 1 depending on group size ÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ Æ Social Permit Areas ÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ Æ BLM Designated Recreation Sites Transportation Routes ÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ Æ ÆÆÆÆÆÆÆ Æ ÆÆÆÆÆÆ ÆÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ Æ Recreation Settings ÆÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ Wilderness ÆÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ Primary Road ÆÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ Coyote Buttes North !9 Campground ÆÆÆÆÆÆÆ ÆÆÆÆÆÆÆ Primitive ÆÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ Unpaved ÆÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ BLM National ÆÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ Coyote Buttes South !O Day Use Site — Fifteen Group Encounters (16 Total Permits) ÆÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆÆÆÆÆÆ Monument Tertiary Road Semi-Primitive ÆÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ Paria Canyon !E Trailhead Unpaved Non-Motorized ÆÆÆ ÆÆ ÆÆ Grand Staircase- would range from 16 to 96 individuals per day, Semi-Primitive Escalante National Single Track Motorized Monument: depending on group size 1996-2016 0 0.5 1 Miles No Setting º Prescribed 0 0.5 1 Kilometers ˜ Evidence of Use:

 Primitive: Only footprints may be observed.

 Semi-Primitive Non-Motorized: Footprints plus slight vegetation trampling. Only infrequent litter.

“The Wave,” Paria Canyon˜–˜Vermilion Cli°s Wilderness The Paria Canyon˜–˜Vermilion Cli°s Wilderness

The BLM is seeking your input on how to increase access to the Wave while maintaining the current Primitive and Semi-Primitive Non-Motorized ROS classes.